A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AT‑LARGE, and to move those elections to the even‑numbered year, to be elected in november on a plurality basis.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 7 of Chapter 717, Session Laws of 1975, as amended by Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 321, Session Laws of 1977, and as rewritten by Section 3 of Chapter 742 of the 1981 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 7.(a) In 2010, and biennially thereafter, members of the Wake County Board of Education shall be elected by the nonpartisan plurality election method in accordance with G.S. 163‑279(a)(1), 163‑292, and 163‑294.2.
(b)	The qualified voters of the entire county shall elect all members of the board at‑large."
SECTION 2.  Section 6 of Chapter 717, Session Laws of 1975, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 321, Session Laws of 1977, and as rewritten by Section 3 of Chapter 742 of the 1981 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 6. All terms of office of members of the Wake County Board of Education shall begin on the first Monday in December following their election. Four members shall be elected in 2010 and quadrennially thereafter for a four‑year term. Five members shall be elected in 2012 and quadrennially thereafter for a four‑year term."
SECTION 3.  The terms of office of members of the Wake County Board of Education elected in 2005 for terms to expire in 2009 are extended until the first Monday in December of 2010. The terms of office of members of the Wake County Board of Education elected in 2007 for terms to expire in 2011 are extended until the first Monday in December of 2012.
SECTION 4.  Section 5 of Chapter 717, Session Laws of 1975, as rewritten by Chapter 742 of the 1981 Session Laws, is repealed. When a vacancy is filled for terms expiring in 2010 and 2012, the replacement member must reside in the district from which the vacating member had been elected in 2005 or 2007.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.